The Price

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century still manages to attract a huge audience when his work reappears in the capital. From All My Sons to The Crucible, the late Arthur Miller’s iconic plays continue to inspire, influence and attract top talent.

With that in mind all eyes will be on the Wyndham’s Theatre in February as it welcomes a revival of The Price, Miller’s 1968 play that deals with family and the prices people paid in the aftermath of the Great Depression. It has been revived on numerous occasions on the other side of the Atlantic and, time and time again, audiences have taken notice.

The Price centres on the character of Victor Franz (Brendan Coyle) as he returns home to sell his parents’ estate, including their furniture, three decades after making great sacrifices in his life as a result of the Great Depression. During the course of the show he interacts with his successful brother Walter (Adrian Lukis), his wife Esther (Sara Stewart) and antique dealer Gregory Solomon (David Suchet). Victor is now a police officer, who gave up his dreams of going to college in order to look after his father following the financial crash, and now looks back at his life and the prices he has paid.

With Brendan Coyle taking on the role of Victor audiences will see a familiar face from shows like Downton Abbey, Lark Rise To Candleford and Requiem, amongst others.

However, one of the most familiar faces in the show is David Suchet, returning to the West End and to the work of Arthur Miller after starring in All My Sons at the Apollo Theatre in 2010. The actor, best known for portraying Agatha Christie’s Poirot on television, also appeared in Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Wyndham’s Theatre, The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Vaudeville Theatre and, in 2018, The Lover / The Collection at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

And by stepping into The Price in Bath and now in London’s West End, he follows in the footsteps of many well known performers who have played the show’s roles in New York and beyond during many decades.

The Price runs at the Wyndham’s Theatre from Monday 11th February 2019 (previews from Tuesday 5th February 2019).